Revit Dormer Roof

Architecture tab opening panel dormer opening structure tab opening panel dormer opening highlight the main roof on the building model and click to select it.

Revit dormer roof. Watch the status bar to be sure that you are highlighting the main roof. Dormers in revit you should be able to draw two kinds of dormers. Architecture tab opening panel dormer opening highlight the main roof on the building model and click to select it. 9 join roofs add opening to create dormer.

You can model this in any of the 3 primary roof modelling methods but in the example i have opted to use the roof by extrusion tool. How to model a dormer roof in revit. Roof overhang should be set to 2 0. Thomas cadalyst revit building helps you create dormer roofs including the dormer geometry required by the opening in the main roof.

This tutorial explains the process to create a gable dormer in revit. To create a dormer roof we first need to start with the smaller roof portion of the dormer. Set view to level 2. Use it to extend the dormer roof to the main roof.

Creating dormer roofs in revit building 11 jan 2006 by. This tool is located in the modify tab. Draw a building with a gable roof. Attach walls to roof 3.

To create a dormer model required walls and additional roof. Adding a dormer is easy if you don t care about overlapping geometry or what the interior might look like figure 1. First a work plane needs to be decided upon. Then follow these 2 steps.

Watch the status bar to be sure that you are highlighting the main roof. Use join unjoin roof tool. The pick roof wall edges tool is active so that you can pick the boundaries that compose the dormer opening.